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Description : A great race is discovered to have spread at one time across theuniverse, hundreds of thousands of years ago, but as Earth men explorethe galaxies they find only rubble until a disabled ship lands near someperfectly preserved ruins and solves the mystery. Adapted by Ernest Kinoyand featuring Matt Crowley, Roger De Koven and Joseph Julian. 30 min.

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Description : A great race is discovered to have spread at one time across theuniverse, hundreds of thousands of years ago, but as Earth men explore the galaxies they find only rubble until a disabled ship lands near some perfectly preserved ruins and solves the mystery. Adapted by Ernest Kinoyand featuring Matt Crowley, Roger De Koven and Joseph Julian. 30 min.

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First Line : (0:31) When man first crossed the vast distances of outer space, to land on strange worlds, he found someone had been there before him.

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First Line : (0:31) When man first crossed the vast distances of outer space, to land on strange worlds, he found someone had been there before him.

Description : The story about an underground war-ship. Script by Ernest Kinoy and in the cast were Lawson Zerbe,Bell, Wendell Holmes and Jack Grimes. 30 min.

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First Line : (0:39) The war had been going on for generations.

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Description : Tale of a computer operator's discovery of an alarmingly increasing rate of accidents. Original story by George Lefferts with John Gibson and Rita Lynne in the broadcast. 30 min.

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First Line : (0:45) Nobody knows exactly when the nightmare began.

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Description :) Future when Earth is a backward radioactive planet peopled by inferiors while it's former clonies rule the universe unaware of their origins. Script by Ernest Kinoy. The cast includes Santos Ortega & Susan Douglas. 30 min

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Description : Humorous tale of a man who accidentally receives delivery of a toy from the future, a " build-a-man kit." George Lefferts adapted the story and Leon Janney, Karl Weber and Patsy Cambell were cast members. 30 min.

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First Line : (0:41)In these times even a child knows the meaning of atomic fission, jet propulsion and electronic transmission.

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Description : Story takes place in the near future. A soldier fighting on American soil is wounded and transported back to 1945 where he is a thirteen year-old again with his memory of the future intact. Script adapted by Ernest Kinoy and the cast included David Anderson and Joseph Cotten. 30 min.

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Description :Tale of Earth men returning to Earth from colonies on Mars after nuclear war wasted Earth. They come upon an old scientist that has a young family. George Lefferts did the script and the cast members included Peter Kapell, Bill Griffis and Gertrude Warner. 30 min.

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First Line : (0:38) Twenty years had passed since the last of the giant migration ships had crashed to the surface of Mars, bearing its pitiful handful of survivors of the Earth wars.

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Description : Story about Earth explorers on the planet Landro. They need a plague serum they don't have and must get it from the natives. 30 min.

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Description : Drama about inhabitants of a giant spaceship that have been traveling so many generations that they think the ship is the universe. George Lefferts scripted the tale and the large cast included Mason Adams & Peter Kapeell. Rebroadcast of 11/26/1950 program. 30 min.

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Description : Futuristic house has a nursery and the walls can be changed by the children to any locale or give the illusion of it. Script by Ernest Kinoy and the cast included Leslie Wood, Bill Quinn, Joan Alexander and Byat Alexander. 30 min.

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Description : A ruthless tycoon desires space travel at all costs. Lastly he finds a scientist that has an anti-gravity device. Cast members include Raymond Edward Johnson, Luis Van Rooten and John McGovern. 30 min.

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First Line : (0:47) I doubt that anywhere on earth there is a man, or woman or a child who doesn’t know the name Wayne Chowder.

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Description :A politician who purchased an elixir of life hires a detective to investigate the seller. George Lefferts did the script and it included George Petrie, Ann Sargeant and Bernard Lenrawl in the cast. 30 min.

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First Line : (0:48) My name is Donald Hason, a private investigator.

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Description : Husbands that want the night out have androids that can replace them when they are away. Scripted by George Lefferts. The cast included Kermit Murdock, Martin Rudy and Ross Martin. 30 min.

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First Line : (0:35) By the year 1990 we should see many amazing technological advances.

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Description : Two ships meet in a remote galaxy which is the home of neither. Both want to follow each other home to see where the other lives, but don't want the other to know where they live. Script by Howard Rodman. 30 min.

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First Line : (0:40) Tonight’s story First Contact by Murray Limester.

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Description :Story of two men floating in space and the woman on Earth awaiting the return of one of them. George Lefferts adapted the script. The cast included Joan Alexander, Joe DeSantis and Leon Janney. 30 min.

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First Line : (0:48) The rocket drove through space like a silver fish in an endless tank.

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Description : Tale of a millionaire that wants to die on the Moon. Script by Ernest Kinoy. The cast included Bill Quinn,Rod Hendrickson and Own Jordan. 30 min.

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Description : Story of a world where night only takes place once in 2500 years due to multiple suns. Night is approaching and scientists are worried about what takes place as records of the last night don't exist. Script by Ernest Kinoy. The cast included Cameron Prud Homme and John McGovern. Last show of the series. 30 min.

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First Line : (0:44) Ralph Waldo Emerson speculated if the stars should appear one night in a thousand years how would man believe and adore and perceive for many generations the remembrance of the city of God.

Description : The story about colonists that are going to various worlds. Then they get an announcement that they must choose one world that they all will be put on. Script by Ernest Kinoy and it stars Les Tremaine and Elaine Ross. 30 min.

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Description : Drama about inhabitants of a giant spaceship that have been traveling so many generations that they think theship is the universe. George Lefferts scripted the tale and the large cast included Mason Adams & Peter Kapeell. 30 min.

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Description : ) Account of blind singer of the space ways that wants to return to Earth. Tom Glazer put the words to tunes and was backed by a trio in this production. Although not a Christmas Program, there is a Christmas message by President Harry Truman at the start. rebroadcast of 06/10/50. 30 min.

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First Line : (3:35) This is a story of Reisling a singer of the space ways. You’ve probably sung his songs in school, in English, French or German. The language doesn’t matter.

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Description : An expedition to Mars from Earth discovers that the houses look like Earth houses in the 1920's. Ernest Kinoy adapted and featured in the cast were Peter Kapell and Wendell Holmes. Rebroadcast of 07/07/1950 program. 30 min.

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First Line : (0:29) When the first space rocket lands on Mars what will we find. Will we be welcomed with open arms or will the Martians treat us as invaders?

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Description : ) A Martian colonist's recollection of an incident in his youth when he accompanied the spider-like Martians on their last trek from the Earth-imposed reservations, back to heir mountain homes. Original story by Ernest Kinoy. 30 min.

Description : Tale about a man who is kidnapped on the evening before he is to be married. The star ship he is put on isone of the fleet he owns. Ernest Kinoy scripted this tale. Stars John Sylvester and Bill Griffis. 30 min.

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First Line : (0:43) In 1987 Atlantic Spaceport was established on the site of old of Fort Bevin outside of Boston.

Description : (1950-09-29) An expedition to Mars finds all the Martians dead from chickenpox, brought to Mars by earlier expeditions by the Earth men. The Earth men enjoy themselves in callous disregard of the beautiful artifacts left behind, except for one man who acts differently. Script by Ernest Kinoy and in the cast were Alexander Scourby and Wendell Holmes. 30 min.

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Description :An expedition to Mars finds all the Martians dead from chickenpox, brought to Mars by earlier expeditions by the Earth men. The Earth men enjoy themselves in callous disregard of the beautiful artifacts left behind, except for one man who acts differently. Script by Ernest Kinoy and in the cast were Alexander Scourby and Wendell Holmes. 30 min.

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Description :(1950-10-28) Tale by George Lefferts involves a frustrating barrier of some kind which the Earth ships have crashed against ... or that's what Earth thinks! Starring Luis van Rooten, Donald Buka and Cameron Prud Homme. Rebroadcast of 04/29/1950 program. 30 min.

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Description :Tale by George Lefferts involves a frustrating barrier of some kind which the Earth ships have crashed against ... or that's what Earth thinks! Starring Luis van Rooten, Donald Buka and Cameron Prud Homme. Rebroadcast of 04/29/1950 program. 30 min.

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Description :The story begins when a newspaper gets a call saying Grant's Tomb has disappeared, but came back. It happensagain and a reporter and salty city-desk-man like in the old movies goes for the story. Script by George Lefferts and in the cast were Arthur Maitland, John Larkin, and John Gibson as the professor. 30min.

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Description :(1950-10-28) Tale by George Lefferts involves a frustrating barrier of some kind which the Earth ships have crashed against ... or that's what Earth thinks! Starring Luis van Rooten, Donald Buka and Cameron Prud Homme. Rebroadcast of 04/29/1950 program. 30 min. Notes : First couple seconds of introduction clipped.First Line : (0:55) It was the year of 1982 that Spacemen first discovered the great galactic barrier.

Description : (1950-09-29) An expedition to Mars finds all the Martians dead from chickenpox, brought to Mars by earlier expeditions by the Earth men. The Earth men enjoy themselves in callous disregard of the beautiful artifacts left behind, except for one man who acts differently. Script by Ernest Kinoy and in the cast were Alexander Scourby and Wendell Holmes. 30 min.

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First Line : (0:24) Tonight, transcribed from Ray Bradbury’s collection the Martian Chronicles, we present “And the Moon Be Still as Bright.”

Description : Drama about future when cars and trucks are replaced by giant rolling roads and the engineers who maintain them. Script by Ernest Kinoy. In the cast were Wendell Holmes, Ralph Bell and many more.30 min.

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First Line : (0:51)Marching song Roadways keep rolling along. (Caissons keep rolling along) It was in the middle 1950’s that the automotive age began to die.

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Description : Story of an experimental rocket plane which disappears for ten hours when it onlyhad fuel for ten minutes. The pilot tells an incredible story of an alien contact. Graham Doar wrote the original and Ernest Kinoy adapted it to radio. Stars Joseph Julian, Wendell Holmes and Joe DeSantis. 30 min.

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Description : The tale takes place in the fourth millennium, long after the atomic wars have ravaged the surface back in the second millennium. In the subterranean society, the atomic mutants are outcasts and the genetically pure human strains mate scientifically. Original story by George Lefferts. The show starred Nancy Olson. (War Bulletin at Start) 30 min.

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First Line :(0:55) Tonight a story of the future and a star of the future Miss Nancy Olson.

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Description :The narrator describes what follows as an account found in a fountain pen cover. Then a detective tells thestory of how he discovered a phony burial of an inmate of the titled Sanatorium and got admitted as apatient to find out the true story. Script by George Lefferts and in the cast were Karl Weber and Roger De Koven. 30 min.

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First Line : (0:26) What you will hear transcribed in the next half hour represents either a magnificent hoax or the true explanation of the famous Grimshaw Sanatorium scandal which made the headlines back in 1947.

Description : Tale about a government official whose daughter finds a doll maker in Washington capable of producing dolls that talk. Original script by George Lefferts. The cast included Les Tremaine, Joan Alexander andJoe De Santis. 30 min.

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Description : Story begins with a test of a new bomb on a Pacific Isle. The military is having trouble with the natives who will not leave because their ancestors were "Castaways" from the "Bird Canoe". Original script by Ernest Kinoy and in the cast were Santos Ortega, Greg Morton & many more. 30 min.

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First Line : Starts with National Wheaties Week commercial. (1:36) In the South Pacific night comes on rapidly. The sun dips below the flat horizon, the sea is crimson for a moment then night falls.

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Description : Stories about the colonization of Mars. This adaptation of Ray Bradbury's book of related tales so titled isskillfully brought to radio by Ernest Kinoy and starred Inga Adams, Roger De Koven and Donald Buka.30 min.

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First Line : (Transcription) National Wheaties week commercial. (1:52) January in the year 1999. One minute it was Ohio winter with doors closed, the panes blind with frost, icicles fringing every roof, children skiing on snowy slopes.

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Description : Story involves the Martians hiring an ad agency to stage a parade which will herald their arrival. Original script by George Lefferts and the cast members were Joe Curten, Barry Kroger and Alexander Scourby.30 min.

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Description : Story about natives of a remote world who are mysterious about the beautiful pottery they make, and for a good reason. Script by Ernest Kinoy and Karl Weber, Wendell Holmes and Raymond Edward Johnson were in the cast. 30 min.

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First Line : Starts with Wheaties commercial. (1:32) What will happen when man finally conquering the galactic distances of interstellar travel finds life on the strange Intergalactic worlds across the universe?

Description : A scientist in Europe has invented a machine that will shrink objects to the size of atoms and beyond. Original script by Villiers Gersen and featured in the cast were Les Damon, Lada Staviski, E. A. Krumschmidt and Joe De Santos. 30 min.

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First Line : Starts with Wheaties commercial. (1:39) Somewhere in Europe a man is walking through the darkness down a cobblestone street. It’s early evening, only a little past eight.